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Niederlande und Deutschland, ein Dialog im 15. Jahrhundert: Werke des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt im Kontext der Sammlung des Städel Museums

The Netherlands and Germany, a 15th-century dialogue: works from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt in the context of the Städel Museum’s collection Presentation: 24 October 2007 - 16 January 2008

Petrus Christus, Madonna with Sts. Jerome and Francis of Assisi, 1457. Frankfurt, Städel Museum

Master of Covarrubias, The rest on the flight into Egypt. Frankfurt, Städel Museum

Petrus Christus, Madonna with Sts. Jerome and Francis of Assisi, 1457 (left)
Frankfurt, Städel Museum

Master of Covarrubias, The rest on the flight into Egypt Frankfurt, Städel Museum

From the museum website

The two panels of a Passion altar from the Middle Rhine dating from about 1440, which are part of the collection of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt and provided the “Master of the Darmstadt Passion” with his “notnamen,” may be regarded as classic examples of the impact of art in the Netherlands on German painting in the first half of the 15th century.

In addition to further works by the “Master of the Darmstadt Passion,” the “Master of Grossgmain,” and the “Master of the Virgin at Covarrubias,” these panels are part of the thematic presentation “The Netherlands and Germany: A 15th-Century Dialogue,” which illustrates this influence in the Städel Museum’s hall dedicated to early Dutch painting.

With the “Flémalle Panels” by the “Master of Flémalle” named after them or Jan van Eyck’s “Lucca Madonna,” the Städel’s famous collection of early Dutch works offers a series of extraordinary comparable objects which convincingly substantiate the postulated context.